Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures
Final advice
A course by Laura Pérez , Comic Artist
About the video: Final advice
Overview
“Finally, I want to tell you what the day to day of a cartoonist is like and give you some general advice. ”
In this video lesson Laura Pérez addresses the topic: Final advice, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures. Capture the personality of a character through facial expressions and gestures by learning how to draw them from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Final Tips In this lesson, I'll give you some art tips that can come in handy. As you know, I work in the field of illustration comics, and animation, and all this involves drawing. You might be wondering what an illustrator's life is like, what their day-to-day is like. This is a way of life and a way of thinking. From the moment I get up until I go to bed, although it sounds repetitive, I'm thinking about how to make everything influence my work. Keep in mind that the life of an illustrator It's a life of gathering influences, of knowing how to observe, knowing how to relax as well, drawi...”
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Course summary for: Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Laura Pérez
A course by Laura Pérez
Laura Pérez has devoted her career to illustration and comics. She is an expert in capturing the essence of people in her artwork and is constantly exploring different forms of drawing and expression.
Her career in publishing began a decade ago, working at a Canadian illustration agency for clients like National Geographic, Penguin, The Wall Street Journal, and more. She later entered a Spanish agency and has now been designing comics for over four years. She has created projects for publishers Salamandra Graphic and Astiberri, and has illustrated picture books available in France, the United States, Russia, Italy, and Spain.
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